by SoP | May 6, 2021 | Brain |
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic...
by SoP | Jan 20, 2021 | Disorders, News |
Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients’ distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco’s Dolby Family...
by SoP | Jan 14, 2021 | Disorders |
The daily toll of COVID-19, as measured by new cases and the growing number of deaths, overlooks a shadowy set of casualties: the rising risk of mental health problems among health care professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic. A new study, led by...
by SoP | Jan 14, 2021 | Disorders |
Researchers find that metabolites — small molecules produced by cellular activities — appear to predict risk of recurring depression and may be a new diagnostic tool Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration...
by Rolando Andrade | Jan 2, 2021 | Blog, News |
An absentee is someone who is no longer here, who no longer exists, someone who is not present… in the present. We all miss someone who is absent (a curious expression, “is absent”, i.e., someone who has taken the place of absence, they exist...